Roman basilica and portico uncovered beneath St Albans primary school
PUBLISHED: 17:00 29 March 2018
Anne Suslak
Historically significant Roman ruins have been discovered underneath a primary school in St Albans.
Archaelogists discovered coins, fragments and ruins dating back to the late Roman period during a dig at St Michael’s School, near the Verulamium Museum, earlier this month. The school is undergoing redevelopment work to expand to a one-form entry school in September, and the archaeologists were called to oversee the dig alongside the builders.
The archaeologists, led by James Fairbairn from Oxford Archaeology, unearthed the corner of the main facade of the basilica, dating from 79AD, and the late Roman portico.
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